The book begins with a brief history of lightweight materials development during the 20th century, and moves into the basic metallurgy, properties of the available alloys, processing, and applications of each of the lightweight materials. The book's final chapter covers methodologies used in the general materials selection process, specific guidelines for each of the lightweight materials, and the importance of the automotive sector to the lightweight materials industries.

Topics include:

Uses of Lightweight Materials

Aluminum Alloys

Magnesium Alloys

Beryllium

Titanium Alloys

Titanium Aluminide Intermetallics

Engineering Plastics

Polymer Matrix Composites

Metal Matrix Composites

Structural Ceramics

Ceramic Matrix Composites

Selection Guidelines for Lightweight Materials

This book is intended primarily for technical personnel who want to learn more about lightweight materials. It would be useful to designers, structural engineers, material and process engineers, manufacturing engineers, production personnel, faculty, and students.The book's unique feature is that it provides a single-source reference that covers all of the major types of lightweight materials.

Author: F.C. Campbell

Publisher: ASM International

Specs: Published by ASM International with a Product Code of B-ASM-041, ISBN of 978-1-61503-849-7, and 719 pages.

Related Topics:

Lightweight materials

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